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check through

B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To look at every part of something carefully, one by one, to make sure everything is right, or to send luggage all the way to your final destination in one go.

Literal meaning: To 'check' something as it passes 'through' each step — either of a journey or an inspection process.

Meanings

1 B1 neutral

To examine something carefully by going through each part or section in turn.

"He checked through all the invoices before signing off on the accounts."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 idiomatic neutral

In air travel, to tag luggage so that it is transferred automatically to a connecting flight without the passenger retrieving it.

"The airline agent checked our bags through to Sydney so we didn't have to collect them in Singapore."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

The travel sense ('check luggage through') is specific to airports where bags are tagged to the final destination without the passenger collecting them at a connection. The review sense is slightly more formal than 'go through.'

Commonly used with

luggage baggage document report list records

Forms

Base
check through
I/you/we/they
3rd person
checks through
he/she/it
Past simple
checked through
yesterday
Past participle
checked through
have + pp
-ing form
checking through
continuous

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